Principal's Report 

The second half of the term has moved along as well as the first half did, and the school continues to be a wonderful place to be.  The overall and individual acts of kindness, inclusion and concern for each other that I am seeing each day is very rewarding, and while the students do not get everything right with their interactions with others, the base that we start from makes it easier to correct these actions and events.  We only have three more weeks of Term 1 with the Year 3-6 camp in two weeks, the final weeks will slip by in no time.

School Council Sub Committees

This term is the changeover with members of School Council.  Three of our long-standing members – Jeff Elliott, Jen Bowden and Paula Nunez Perez have all retired with their youngest child moving onto secondary school.  A big thank you to all three for their long-standing service and the contributions that they have made to our school over that time – we appreciate everything and every minute.  Lucy Battersby (mother of Martha and Fred), Katie Hodge (mother of Remi), Liza McLean (mother of Javier) all return in 2025 along with new members Maxine Willow (mother of Gwen), Megan Lim (mother of Eleanor) and Ricky Feigin (father of Lia and Hanna) - a warm welcome to you all.

2025 executive positions and sub-committee leads will be determined at our next Council meeting.

Parents and carers can make a great contribution by being on a Council sub-committee – the working parties of Council.  Our sub-committees are Building and Grounds, Community Engagement & Marketing and Parents & Friends (fundraising and community events).  It is these groups that really need members, and the school encourages anyone with interest, experience or willingness in these areas to contact us.

Parent Payments

It is the time of year that the school has issued information about 2025 Parent Payments. This is a payment that parents make to the school for the supplies and subscriptions that their children use during the year.  This is a cost not covered by government funding.  At Windsor Primary School we do not send home a book list that parents need to pay for separately and take responsibility for obtaining. This system too often means that students would start school with either no supplies or the incorrect supplies. This system also means that parents were responsible for replenishing supplies during the year.  Windsor Primary School purchases the supplies in bulk at a cheaper rate than retail, and then on-costs to the Parent Payment request.

A big thank you to parents who have paid the payment and a reminder to those who have not to please pay this as soon as possible.  Any payments that we do not receive means the school needs to take money from other budgets to cover the cost of supplies. The two budgets that lose money due to this is our digital technologies devices budget and our playground upgrade budget.

Please see the office if you believe a payment plan would benefit your circumstances.

Digital Technologies Student Use Agreement

Our teaching teams have asked students to sign a use agreement for how they use our digital technologies.  While using devices allows so much opportunity for students and opens up a wealth of information, we also know that using devices can have its dangers and that they need to be treated with care.  We purposely chose not to have parents sign the agreement as we want students to be responsible for their use.  If a student breaks any part of the agreement and compromises trust, they could lose their access privileges and parents will be notified.